A Muslim woman has secured a $225,000 settlement and changes to Suffolk County police policy after being forced to remove her ...

I wasn’t yet three. She knew that she was jeopardizing her marriage. She knew that she was crossing a line my dad considered ...

Female Soldiers may now wear dreadlocks and male Soldiers whose religious faith requires beards and turbans may now seek permanent accommodation.

The U.S. Army has issued a new directive on grooming and appearance regulations that allow for observant Sikhs and conservative Muslim women to wear religious head coverings.

While other armed services allow some religion-based exceptions to dress standards without problems, the Marines insist that even small deviations can threaten the force’s effectiveness.

In Toor’s case, with his turban and hair, the increased religious accommodation is positive but it does not go far enough, according to a senior staff attorney with the Sikh Coalition, which ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) New Army regulations will allow soldiers to wear turbans, beards and hijabs under most circumstances, reflecting a change Sikhs have sought for years. [ad number=“1”] “Based ...

U.S. authorities are investigating complaints that the religious rights of dozens of Sikh asylum seekers were violated recently when their turbans were confiscated by Border Patrol agents in the ...

A New Zealand Sikh put religion aside and took off his turban to help an injured child. The New Zealand Herald reports 22-year-old Harman Singh saw a 5-year-old boy had been struck by a car ...

(USA Today) Islamic advocacy organizations are praising a new decision by the New York Police Department to allow Muslims to wear beards and Sikhs to wear beards and turbans with their uniforms ...

The New York Police Department will allow officers to begin wearing beards and turbans for religious reasons, in a policy shift intended to help diversify the nation’s largest police force.